WAGNER VIDEO: Middlesbrough's former Huddersfield Town striker Jordan Rhodes still a big threat

Rhodes hasn't lost in seven appearances against Town since leaving in August 2012

Jordan Rhodes (right) celebrates scoring against QPR in their last match. Picture by Arfa/Griffiths Photographers

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Huddersfield Town fans know all about the penalty-area danger posed by Jordan Rhodes.

And despite a sluggish start at Middlesbrough following his big-money move from Blackburn Rovers, the striker remains as big a threat as ever.

That’s the view of Jonathon Taylor, of the Middlesbrough Gazette, as the 26-year-old prepares to take on his former club at the Riverside Stadium.

Boro spent big on Rhodes – a reported £9m initially with the potential to rise to £11m with add-ons – in order to bolster their Championship promotion bid.

Watch David Wagner speaking about the gap between Town and other Championship sides below

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But he goes into the Tuesday-night clash with Town, who get 20% of any profit made by Blackburn on the man they bought for £8m in August 2012, having notched only twice in seven starts and four further appearances from the bench.

Rhodes, a Scotland international but often overlooked by current national boss Gordon Strachan, registered 87 goals for Town, who bought him for £400,000 from Ipswich Town in 2009, and 85 in Blackburn colours.

And reporter Taylor reckons he will be a success at Boro, who are currently second as they aim to regain the Premier League status lost in 2009.

“Maybe Jordan hasn’t yet got the goals the fans were hoping for,” he said of a player who scored six times in seven appearances against Town for Blackburn and never finished on the losing side.

“But he has shown plenty of good signs, and his ability was evident in the way he scored his goal in Friday’s (3-2) win at QPR.

“It wasn’t the cleanest of strikes, but he still managed to get the shot away and put it in the right area.